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this encryption technology takes even the nsa many years to crack. and so the idea that the russians and chinese government can somehow pull out of the ether extremely encrypted data is the stuff of science fiction which no one would take seriously who has knowledge of how encryption works. >> i want to ask you about exkey score. that's the more kree cest recen reports. >> more to come? >> yeah, there are so many documents that we have. it has taken us quite a while to read through them all but there is a lot more domestic and international spying that the nsa does that even people in congress don't know about that we're going to continue to report very aggressively. >> i want to ask you a question about something that's just breaking in the last 24 hours as well because have you been outspoken for the need for gay rights. here snowden is now in russia which is saying to gay olympians that they will be prosecuted under the russian law. how do you feel as good as you obviously feel about what russia has done to grant asylum to mr. snowden, how do you
this encryption technology takes even the nsa many years to crack. and so the idea that the russians and chinese government can somehow pull out of the ether extremely encrypted data is the stuff of science fiction which no one would take seriously who has knowledge of how encryption works. >> i want to ask you about exkey score. that's the more kree cest recen reports. >> more to come? >> yeah, there are so many documents that we have. it has taken us quite a while to read...
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the nsa program is successful. yesterday the president is allowing edward snowden to pull the puppet strings. this man is a traitor to our country and the president somehow feels he has to cater to him. for the last two months since this issue has been out there, the president has been awol, m.i.a. he's been silent. you have saxby chambliss, myself, no president. in a time of war to be setting up a task force to tell him what he should be doing. can you imagine harry truman, winston church hill doing this? every program we have is always susceptible to reform. to be silent about it and suddenly jump because edward snowden has revealed secrets and put our country at risk, it's somehow like a moral equivalency. i wish he showed the same anger toward edward snowden as he did toward republicans on obama care. there was no outrage there when he was asked do you think he's a patriot? what do you mean you don't think he is? this man's a traitor. to me commander in chief should show much more war time leadership than has b
the nsa program is successful. yesterday the president is allowing edward snowden to pull the puppet strings. this man is a traitor to our country and the president somehow feels he has to cater to him. for the last two months since this issue has been out there, the president has been awol, m.i.a. he's been silent. you have saxby chambliss, myself, no president. in a time of war to be setting up a task force to tell him what he should be doing. can you imagine harry truman, winston church hill...
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petersburg and move comes after russian authorities granted temporary asylum to nsa leaker edward snowden. it comes this after the president said this last noit in an interview with jay leno. >> i was disappointed because, you know, even though with we don't have an extradition treaty with them. they still help us on supplying our troops in afghanistan and still helping us on counterterrorism work and they were helpful after the boston bombing but there have been times where they slip back in the cold war thinking and a cold war mentality. >> kristen welker joining me from the white house. some people would interpret this as a diplomatic snub in advance or is this to get putin's attention and maybe things will reverse course by the time the g-20 happens in september? >> reporter: no doubt, thomas, this is a diplomatic snub but white house official say, look. there are other areas of agreement where they can work with russian president putin like afghanistan, for example. this is a diplomatic snub to be sure. the white house has been considering this for quite some time, ever since the sno
petersburg and move comes after russian authorities granted temporary asylum to nsa leaker edward snowden. it comes this after the president said this last noit in an interview with jay leno. >> i was disappointed because, you know, even though with we don't have an extradition treaty with them. they still help us on supplying our troops in afghanistan and still helping us on counterterrorism work and they were helpful after the boston bombing but there have been times where they slip...
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take a look. >> this is actually what nsa does. we don't know specifically obviously where the intelligence came from, but all of that monitoring of e-mails and internet websites and phone calls, this is what american intelligence is supposed to do. >> at a time when there are a lot of calls for limiting the nsa, does ambassador bolton have a point? >> he does. i think we should hear the president of the united states make that case. what's striking about the debate about the nsa, the president continually says he wants debate, and continually chooses not to participate in it, certainly not to lead it. i think that's the more important take away from this reminder that al qaeda is still with us and still strong, in many ways expanding, is yes, the president overstated it during the campaign, that's obviously true, but this has real practical policy implications. how we deal with these things is not sort of theoretical. if you look at the people that are experts in this field and look at the arguments that they have been making, it
take a look. >> this is actually what nsa does. we don't know specifically obviously where the intelligence came from, but all of that monitoring of e-mails and internet websites and phone calls, this is what american intelligence is supposed to do. >> at a time when there are a lot of calls for limiting the nsa, does ambassador bolton have a point? >> he does. i think we should hear the president of the united states make that case. what's striking about the debate about the...
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these nsa programs are extremely unpopular in europe, too. it's caused tension between some of the united states' closest allies. it goes beyond russia. obviously, this is the near-term issue we expect to hear the president sort of justify his reasoning of not doing this -- of deciding to skip this summit. it is fascinating now. he's announcing a whole bunch of reforms based on documents that were released by edward snowden. they're announcing all of these new reforms. okay. now we've canceled a summit. at some point over russia's refusal to turn edward snowden over, but it's clear they're also sort of sheepish in deciding they do need a new policy. so was it really -- then should they be cancelling summits over this issue? i think that's going to be another question the president is going to have to deal with. >> have you heard anything about the lower-level meetings taking place between secretary kerry and hagel and their russian counterparts today and if that's helping to mend any of the fi fissures? >> well, they are supposedly -- and the
these nsa programs are extremely unpopular in europe, too. it's caused tension between some of the united states' closest allies. it goes beyond russia. obviously, this is the near-term issue we expect to hear the president sort of justify his reasoning of not doing this -- of deciding to skip this summit. it is fascinating now. he's announcing a whole bunch of reforms based on documents that were released by edward snowden. they're announcing all of these new reforms. okay. now we've canceled...
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up next, the most effective times report on how the nsa reads your e-mails. chances are, you're not made of money, so don't overpay for boat insurance. geico, see how much you could save. but you had to leave rightce to now, would you go? world, man: 'oh i can't go tonight' woman: 'i can't.' hero : that's what expedia asked me. host: book the flight but you have to go right now. hero: (laughs) and i just go? this is for real right? this is for real? i always said one day i'd go to china, just never thought it'd be today. anncr: we're giving away a trip every day. download the expedia app and your next trip could be on us. expedia, find yours. ♪ don't tell mom. don't tell mom. don't tell mom! don't tell mom. okay. don't tell mom. don't tell mom. don't tell mom? yeah. the best stories you'll ever tell start with, don't tell." don't tell dad. start yours in the new santa fe. from hyundai. >>> you don't have a domestic spying perhaps. what we do have are some mechanisms where we can track a phone number or an e-mail address that we know is connected to some sor
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new allegations rock the nsa. documents leaked why former nsa contractor edward snowden detail thousands of privacy violations by the agency after repeated denials from the white house. >> what you are not reading about is the government actually abusing these programs. >> john: we'll discuss with a key member of the homeland security committee and critic of the nsa kentucky senator rand paul. then, another week of chaos in egypt as the interim government's crackdown on supporters of ousted president mohammed morsi leaves hundreds of people dead. >> our traditional cooperation cannot continue as usual when civilians are being killed in the streets. thee'll discuss the deteriorating situation in the region and the u.s. response with republican congressman pete king of new york and democratic senator richard blumenthal of connecticut. plus, another delay for the president's healthcare law forces the obama administration to play defense. >> this is no longer a political debate. this is what we call the law. >> the pr
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is joe schmo one of the guys the nsa is infusing to worry about the e-mail? i saw this piece i was reading, saying haven't i read this before? some of this we have known, haven't we? >> well, we certainly have known that the nsa oversees a collection of a vast amount of internet voice communication and uses the internet to hunt through them. and we know that here on domestic soil where the constitution applies and so forth it does sometimes under the fiza amendment act, target overseas collections. and if america is in direct contact with that foreign target that means the american's communication will be taken without a warrant, as well. so what is different about this, this is the searching of the content of americans of at least their cross-border communications, and it is happening on u.s. soil without warrants. >> you have real technical detail on how they do it, it is kind of fascinating. they in effect make a kind of clone of the information, and according to the report, hold it briefly, maybe minutes or less. and if they don't find the things they're
is joe schmo one of the guys the nsa is infusing to worry about the e-mail? i saw this piece i was reading, saying haven't i read this before? some of this we have known, haven't we? >> well, we certainly have known that the nsa oversees a collection of a vast amount of internet voice communication and uses the internet to hunt through them. and we know that here on domestic soil where the constitution applies and so forth it does sometimes under the fiza amendment act, target overseas...
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but hanging over everything is the nsa leaker edward snowden who jay carney said is also a factor in the fighter. republicans sounded almost gleeful wrrg according to a spokes person for john boehner, the president's signature foreign policy accomplishment from the first term, a reset with russia, has just collapsed. for boehner, this is just another opportunity to attack the president. other republicans like john mccain who know what they're talking about said they agreed with the president's decision but suggested going even further in cooling our relationship with moscow. steve kornacki is host of "up with steve kornacki." anyway, it's on weekend mornings and doing great, and john is a great historian, analyst, and author of a great book "the center holds" about the 2012 election. let's try, steve and then john. it seems to me, you whack him if he goes right, whack him if he goes left if he's a republican. we failed to make friends with vladimir putin. look at him. you can't be friends with that guy. he wants to be daniel craig in the action movies, but he's a ferocious guy who is
but hanging over everything is the nsa leaker edward snowden who jay carney said is also a factor in the fighter. republicans sounded almost gleeful wrrg according to a spokes person for john boehner, the president's signature foreign policy accomplishment from the first term, a reset with russia, has just collapsed. for boehner, this is just another opportunity to attack the president. other republicans like john mccain who know what they're talking about said they agreed with the president's...
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the fact of the matter -- and this is why i said what i said about the nsa business. the president should in the first couple of weeks of the administration, having been briefed on this, said, look, this is what we're doing, this is why we're doing it. you shouldn't really spy on americans without their permission. the polls have showed most americans would support this kind of intelligence operation on americans if it would keep them safer, and i think it probably is. the president has a job. that's to keep americans safe. i don't see how you can keep americans safe without doing things like this once in a while when a credible threat exists. there are very few republicans. the only ones i can think of would be on the intelligence committees that actually have access to anything close to what the president has access to. i have not seen -- it's possible, but i have not seen mike rogers, for example, criticizing the president on this, and he shouldn't. >> one governor, speaking of republicans, lindsey graham was on cnn over the weekend tying the nsa debate to this lat
the fact of the matter -- and this is why i said what i said about the nsa business. the president should in the first couple of weeks of the administration, having been briefed on this, said, look, this is what we're doing, this is why we're doing it. you shouldn't really spy on americans without their permission. the polls have showed most americans would support this kind of intelligence operation on americans if it would keep them safer, and i think it probably is. the president has a job....
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we will talk to the former nsa director michael hayden about the nation's security as the president rallied the troops yesterday. >> here is what those who would cowardly attack our civilians don't get. the united states is never going to retreat from the world. we don't get terrorized. >>> good day, i'm andrea mitchell in washington where officials say they saw no utility in having the president meet with vladimire putin over eric snowden and the disagreements over removal of president assad, and so was this maybe lost in translation. >> this is my last election and after my election, i have more flexibility. >> i understand. >> former white house press secretary and msnbc contributor robert gibbs joins me now and you know the back story and you have been in the meetings, and what is the dynamic between president obama and vladimire putin. >> i don't think that the dynamic is particularly good or strong. you showed president medvedev who president obama had a very strong working relationship with, and quite frankly, i think that president medvedev wanted to bring russia into the internatio
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, coverage of the nsa program or to kind of obscure human intelligence, assets, and saying it was signals intelligence? >> sure, first to fran's point it's totally true this is one of many and one piece of information in a broad collection that the u.s. intelligence community has engaged in. this meeting was significant according to officials and reports in both "the new york times" and lots of other outlets because it was where the vague discussion of impending attack was discussed and if you look at the embassy closings around the world it matches the people on the call. so you can sort of understand why the u.s. government took such a broad approach. as for it being motivations in taking the risk, i can't speak to that. some of them they take risks on. this seems to be a risk they didn't take. as far as some of the other reporters linking this to the nsa and snowden and what have you, it's important to point out the programs disclosed by snowden are not related to this particular communication particularly intercepted. they are about collecting information, domestically and it's not re
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this is the nsa version of the apology -- of the obama apology tour this is a successful program. the nsa program is successful and the president is allowing edward snowden, the traitor to pull the pub et strings. >> here to talk to us, let's go to jessica first. jessica, you were there, you were at the news conference today. we heard the president make this promise that it's going to become more transparent. he says it was already happening before the snowden leaks, but is that really realistic? >> well, as you point out, wolf, he did say that he wanted more transparency back, in may he said that. that was right before edward snowden's first leak was in june. so his assertion is that the leaks sped up the process that was going to happen anyway. well, we also have to take a bigger look at the big picture, which is does snowden lead to the new safeguards put in place? two democratic senators have been calling for more transparency and everyone reforms for more than a year now. senators widen and udol have been demanding it and when the head of the intelligence committee, he admitt
this is the nsa version of the apology -- of the obama apology tour this is a successful program. the nsa program is successful and the president is allowing edward snowden, the traitor to pull the pub et strings. >> here to talk to us, let's go to jessica first. jessica, you were there, you were at the news conference today. we heard the president make this promise that it's going to become more transparent. he says it was already happening before the snowden leaks, but is that really...
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plan that the president said was in the works before edward snowden leaked secret nsa documents to the press. >> there's no doubt that mr. snowden's leaks triggered a much more rapid and passionate response. i actually think we would have gotten to the same place and we would have done so without putting at risk our national security. >> nbc's kristen welker is live at martha's vineyard where the president is expected to arrive shortly. kristen, good to see you. >> reporter: good to see you, too, craig. >> what can we expect from president obama after his vacation? >> reporter: well, craig, i think you're going to hear a lot more about the nsa, as you heard the president say and as you just mentioned. he mapped out sort of his strategy moving forward, announced the fact that there need to be steps taken to enhance transparency of that controversial surveillance program. so he really started to enumerate what he wants to see happen, yesterday during that news conference, take a look at some of what he mapped out. working with congress to reform the nsa program that collects telephone da
plan that the president said was in the works before edward snowden leaked secret nsa documents to the press. >> there's no doubt that mr. snowden's leaks triggered a much more rapid and passionate response. i actually think we would have gotten to the same place and we would have done so without putting at risk our national security. >> nbc's kristen welker is live at martha's vineyard where the president is expected to arrive shortly. kristen, good to see you. >> reporter:...
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does that make the nsa surveillance program worth it? >> the thing is, i don't think there's been any evidence that anything intercepted from the program of spying or collecting american data has ever uniquely been used to stop any terrorism. you know, they had a discussion with senator leahy and the committee and they talked about 50 plots and then it got down to 15 and 4 and 1. >> how many had been explicitly stopped. >> i'm not against tapping phones of people you suspect to be terrorists. all i'm for is calling a judge first. i'm not for looking at all american's records, but if an american is involved, call a judge. it's not that hard to get a warrant. we fought a revolution over separating the powers, not letting police get warrants, you have to call a judge. >> what the united states did in response is close the embassies and there's been this unprecedented spate of drone attacks that happened in the last week, ten days. a lot of people have been killed and only a couple of terrorists. and you can read into that what you will what
does that make the nsa surveillance program worth it? >> the thing is, i don't think there's been any evidence that anything intercepted from the program of spying or collecting american data has ever uniquely been used to stop any terrorism. you know, they had a discussion with senator leahy and the committee and they talked about 50 plots and then it got down to 15 and 4 and 1. >> how many had been explicitly stopped. >> i'm not against tapping phones of people you suspect...
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we never really imagined that all this data would be warehoused under the nsa. and i think that's what's giving the american people a lot of pause right now. and i think that's what needs to be explained to the american people. and congress will be reviewing this issue in section 215 of the patriot act to see if this is expanded beyond the original intent of the law. >> what actually changes, bart? do you think there's much room here to fundamentally change these programs? because all the nsa says is, look, maybe we could change who controls this meta data, which is in this virtual vault, and who has access to it and how it's kept, which may be not enough for those who think there's a problem. >> well, congress may decide not to allow the nsa or via the fbi to collect every single call record of every single american for this purpose. that's not what the president's argument sounded like in his news conference. he sounded like he wanted to, as you say, just put a little more oversight on it internally, within the executive branch, and to sort of be slightly more
we never really imagined that all this data would be warehoused under the nsa. and i think that's what's giving the american people a lot of pause right now. and i think that's what needs to be explained to the american people. and congress will be reviewing this issue in section 215 of the patriot act to see if this is expanded beyond the original intent of the law. >> what actually changes, bart? do you think there's much room here to fundamentally change these programs? because all the...
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regular briefings including by his national security adviser susan rice, but the process of reforming the nsa will have to wait until congress is back in session in september. kate? >> kristen welker. for mer on the fallout, david gregory from "meet the press" is here tonight. we heard americans some of whom have a tough time with the idea of government surveillance. does the president have an uphill battle? are. >> he does to some extent. you look at the opposition against him and some of his own political base with liberals and libertarian conservatives, but there is a vast middle of americans who this far after 9/11 understand the threat. we had a lot of embassies close and worldwide travel alers because of the plot. there is a sense of urgency about protecting the country. the president has that room to maneuver. this far after 9-11 at a period of debate is the time to put those safeguards in. americans don't want to live in a permanent sense of surveillance or in a security state. the president believes that is also the case, but he's got like all presidents a much lower threshold for ri
regular briefings including by his national security adviser susan rice, but the process of reforming the nsa will have to wait until congress is back in session in september. kate? >> kristen welker. for mer on the fallout, david gregory from "meet the press" is here tonight. we heard americans some of whom have a tough time with the idea of government surveillance. does the president have an uphill battle? are. >> he does to some extent. you look at the opposition...
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edward snowden, the nsa. what's going on with all of this? you know, there's some new polling to take this kind of bigger picture. well, i guess i'll start with snowden because he has been a fascinating character and a lot of people have said that he himself and his actions have really distracted from the debate that he wanted to have over the nsa and over the leaks that he put out there. in some respects i think that's true, but when you look at the fact that public opinion is actually moving in the direction of questioning government surveillance and we are having bigger conversations, i think he was successful in starting that conversation. now one thing i'll point out with that polling moving in that direction is i think that polling can change very quickly if you have another sort of security threat, if you have another incident. and that's why you see politicians, even politicians like president obama who came into office pledging transparency and pledging to be very different than president bush. i think that's why you see him going in
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what has their thinking been about the criticism of the nsa program? >> of all things on his plate, snowden leaks, the question of what does nsa do and what is surveillance about, politically had a bigger impact than the other various controversy. some argue are politically driven and others more serious than that. this one had the actual impact when you look at the polls it's that's where you see skepticism rising among particularly among folks under the age of 40 who spent a lot of time online and he has been getting a lot of advice, the president has, from outside advisers saying you have to be more public in explaining and if your going to defend and in defending. create more transparency and do these things. you have to get out there and explain these programs because you're taking on water on this topic with a group of voters and a group of americans who are inclined to be supportive of you on other things. you can't afford to lose another piece of the american electorate because you have other things you have to push. >> and this comes after con
what has their thinking been about the criticism of the nsa program? >> of all things on his plate, snowden leaks, the question of what does nsa do and what is surveillance about, politically had a bigger impact than the other various controversy. some argue are politically driven and others more serious than that. this one had the actual impact when you look at the polls it's that's where you see skepticism rising among particularly among folks under the age of 40 who spent a lot of time...
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as he pointed out the debate over the nsa, leaks and edward snowden continues. more on that story after this break. i'm beth... and i'm michelle. and we own the paper cottage. it's a stationery and gifts store. anything we purchase for the paper cottage goes on our ink card. so you can manage your business expenses and access them online instantly with the game changing app from ink. we didn't get into business to spend time managing receipts, that's why we have ink. we like being in business because we like being creative, we like interacting with people. so you have time to focus on the things you love. ink from chase. so you can. >>> welcome back to the "newsroom." i'm fredericka whitfield. a look at the top stories crossing the desk. number one, a 16-year-old girl abducted nearly a week ago is expected to reunite with her family today. hannah anderson was found alive yesterday in idaho after an intense search. casey wian has more from california. >> reporter: fredericka, family members in the san diego area have been spending most of the past day preparing t
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. >> reporter: the president met with lawmakers from both parties to talk about the nsa's batta mibatta -- data mining. one house member said there will be legislation aimed at building confidence in the programs. >> thank you. >>> more subpoenas coming from house republicans to the state department over benghazi. oversight committee chairman issa is demanding documents relating to the review of what happened when four americans were killed. issa says the state department has ignored requests for months. virginia republican congressman says tomorrow he will resubmit all of the questions he has over the past three weeks regarding benghazi so they will be in the congressional record. today he asked who in the white house knew what was going on in the cia annex and is calling for a select committee to investigate. >>> texas republican says he will try to force a vote on that very proposal. >>> confusion tonight on u.s. policy on drones. secretary of state told pakistani tv president obama has a timeline to end the use of the drones to kill terrorists. officials in yemen say three alleged a
. >> reporter: the president met with lawmakers from both parties to talk about the nsa's batta mibatta -- data mining. one house member said there will be legislation aimed at building confidence in the programs. >> thank you. >>> more subpoenas coming from house republicans to the state department over benghazi. oversight committee chairman issa is demanding documents relating to the review of what happened when four americans were killed. issa says the state department...
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speaking of the nsa, of course, we reached out to the nsa for response. a spokesperson says this. let me read this. nsa signals intelligence commission is centered on defeating foreign adversaries who aim to harm the country. we defend the united states from such threats while fiercely working to protect the privacy rights of u.s. persons. it's not either/or. it's both. that's the nsa to us here at cnn. >> there is murder, mayhem on main street usa every day of the week. but you hide from that. you don't face up to that. and you let your congressmen and senators escape and dance around the bush. >> provocative words from someone who's calling for a boycott of the united states. all of this today after police say teenagers killed a college baseball player because they were bored. well, my panel has something to say about that. that discussion is next. >>> plus, as if this dad and daughter haven't been through enough already, the family of kidnapper james dimaggio is asking for a paternity test on his victim, 16-year-old hannah anderson. more on the case, coming up. i save time, mon
speaking of the nsa, of course, we reached out to the nsa for response. a spokesperson says this. let me read this. nsa signals intelligence commission is centered on defeating foreign adversaries who aim to harm the country. we defend the united states from such threats while fiercely working to protect the privacy rights of u.s. persons. it's not either/or. it's both. that's the nsa to us here at cnn. >> there is murder, mayhem on main street usa every day of the week. but you hide from...
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it says, nsa director keith b. alexander has claimed, quote, we don't hold data on u.s. citizens. in the article government officials defended that claim with assertions that the agency's internal definition of data doesn't cover meta data like the not millions or billions but the trillions of american call records that the nsa is now known to have collected and stored since 2006. that's one tangible, you know, recorded lie that we know about. there are others because james clapper misled congress about aspects of the program. my question to you, perry, in washington, how does that aspect of this, the nsa's lies, affect the bipartisan pushback that we're seeing on the program? >> it's encouraging the pushback. you can tell members of congress -- two months ago when this program was exposed, president obama gave a press conference in which he was very defiant. basically said, this is not a scandal, people know about this. you can tell now -- i saw a member from michigan who's a republican who led the fight to defund this nsa program. had a very blistering statement today about this
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when the president had a news conference and he sought to ease americans' doubts about the massive nsa surveillance programs and outlined the series of reforms and they include working with congress to restructuring the secret court to the declassification of some nsa activities and outside experts to review computer spy technology. i want to welcome someone else from afar and the assistant democratic leader in the house. last month he joined forces with conservative republicans in a failed effort to defund the surveillance program. congressman, first of all, thank you so much for being there. i wanted to ask you, first of all, if what the president said in any way made you feel easier or more comfortable about this program in particular the phone data that is collected on every american? >> first of all, thank you so much for having me, candy. yes, but i felt that way before. as you know, the president spoke out on this issue long before snowden and i was very comfortable with the president's position on this. it's just that every now and then you catch a vote in order to let your con
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you guys have filed a lawsuit challenging the nsa's phone surveillance program. what, if anything, do these new revelations mean for your case? >> well, i think these revelations underscore the need for greater oversight over the nsa and greater scrutiny by the courts. the revelations really highlight a few things. first of all, it's really shocking to see how many violations there were of surveillance laws that are extraordinarily per mmissiveper. these are laws that are hard to violate because they permit the nsa to do so much surveillance of americans' communications when they go into and out of the country that it's hard to understand how they violate them on average, if you take an average, about seven times every single day. but the other thing that the revelations really highlight, i think, is that there's a lack of real oversight both by congress but also by the foreign intelligence surveillance court, which is a secret court that's supposed to oversee the nsa. in a companion article to the one that you've been talking about, the chief judge of the court
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this seems to be a risk they didn't take as far as other reporters linking it to the nsa and snowden and what have you. it is important to point out the programs disclosed by snowden are not related to this communication, this intercept. they are about collecting information domestically and it is not really connected. i think some people maybe were -- where there isn't a strong connection. >> how long do you see the embassies being closed for. there have been drone strikes. we don't know who was hit. >> you are seeing drone strikes. the one person that is key to this is the bomb maker in yemen. >> who has not been found as far as we know. >> as far as we know. i think he is one of the keys to the feeling they have deflated this threat. they will look to take out enough operational capability it knocks the legs out from this before they are comfortable reopening the embassies. that makes sense to me. there's a number of other things besides drone strikes that will be going on, cia and u.s. intelligence will be working with foreign allies around the world, doing searches, trying to ar
this seems to be a risk they didn't take as far as other reporters linking it to the nsa and snowden and what have you. it is important to point out the programs disclosed by snowden are not related to this communication, this intercept. they are about collecting information domestically and it is not really connected. i think some people maybe were -- where there isn't a strong connection. >> how long do you see the embassies being closed for. there have been drone strikes. we don't know...
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the nsa leaker. there is a raft of other issues that they don't see eye to eye on. i want to hear from this -- from both gentlemen what they think was accomplished, if anything. >> we'll hear from the president. presumably, he'll be asked about u.s./russian relations as we. let's go to capitol hill. dana bash is standing by. even before the president has spoken, tan ndana, some republi already starting with some preemptive reaction, shall we call it. >> reporter: that's right. it's going on so far in private in conversations that i've had with some republicans here on capitol hill. the nsa surveillance program is one of the few areas where you've actually seen republicans agree with the president. think that this program is the right thing to do for american security. so expect republicans to say that they're concerned about what jessica reported, widening the transparency of this program. because they say the problem isn't the program, it's the way the president has communicated about it or maybe the better way to say it, has not communicated about it. i think you'
the nsa leaker. there is a raft of other issues that they don't see eye to eye on. i want to hear from this -- from both gentlemen what they think was accomplished, if anything. >> we'll hear from the president. presumably, he'll be asked about u.s./russian relations as we. let's go to capitol hill. dana bash is standing by. even before the president has spoken, tan ndana, some republi already starting with some preemptive reaction, shall we call it. >> reporter: that's right. it's...
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we talked earlier about nsa leaker edward snowden being granted asylum for a year. snowden has left the moscow airport where he's been stuck since arriving june 23rd. the white house said russia's actions could put a planned summit in russia in jeopardy. republican senator lindsey graham said, quote, americans in washington should consider this a game changer in our relationship with vush sha. today's actions by the russian government could not be more of provocative and is a sign of disrespect. what does your gut tell you? do you agree edward snowden being granted temporary a psy lunl and being allowed to leave is a game changer. go to facebook.com/newsnation. take a look at what "news nation" said yesterday. do you agree with a federal court decision not to require the government obtaining a warrant to track cell phones. 57% of you said yes, 43 no. that does it for this edition of "news nation." i'm tamron hall. "the cycle" is up. he's agreed to give it up. that's today? [ male announcer ] we'll be with him all day as he goes back to taking tylenol. i was okay, bu
we talked earlier about nsa leaker edward snowden being granted asylum for a year. snowden has left the moscow airport where he's been stuck since arriving june 23rd. the white house said russia's actions could put a planned summit in russia in jeopardy. republican senator lindsey graham said, quote, americans in washington should consider this a game changer in our relationship with vush sha. today's actions by the russian government could not be more of provocative and is a sign of...
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saying he's letting the nsa leaker pull his strings. i'll ask the chair of the committee for his reaction. >>> also a new huge break in the hunt for a murder suspect and the teenage girl he allegedly kidnapped. dr. drew pinsky shares his insights. >>> and when the flood waters rushed in, he rushed in to help his son and ma of this neighbors. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "situation room." >>> president obama says there's no doubt his attempt to shine a new light on the surveillance is a response to the leaks by edward snowden. he outlined his proposals at the white house that ended a couple of hours ago. he also spoke about the diplomatic fallout with russia after it granted snowden asylum and the terror threat that closed a number of u.s. embassies this week. let's go to jessica yellin. why did the president decide to outline these new surveillance programs today? >> reporter: it's because the president argues that the american public is being misinformed about nsa
saying he's letting the nsa leaker pull his strings. i'll ask the chair of the committee for his reaction. >>> also a new huge break in the hunt for a murder suspect and the teenage girl he allegedly kidnapped. dr. drew pinsky shares his insights. >>> and when the flood waters rushed in, he rushed in to help his son and ma of this neighbors. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "situation room."...
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do you agree with the president this is a false scandal, the nsa scandal? >> i agree in a sense that the way it's been characterized is that this is something that the obama administration sort of created. this is something that we've been doing not too much further beyond september 11th. it's been reported by the media. it's been in newspapers for a decade. and so, in fact, i was watching realtime with bill maher and he read a story from usa today that was back from 2006. and it sounded exactly like a story that was being read in 2013. and so, no. a lot of the things we were talking about was not new. because it's been recharacterized and because it comes on the heels of the irs, it comes on the heels of benghazi, it's a recharacterization of old news, if you will. >> amy, i'll let you weigh in on that. but i want to talk to you about this. the house committee chairman mike mccall said today he doesn't believe president obama would have acted to reform a national security agency program were it not for the leaks from edward snowden. listen and then we'll t
do you agree with the president this is a false scandal, the nsa scandal? >> i agree in a sense that the way it's been characterized is that this is something that the obama administration sort of created. this is something that we've been doing not too much further beyond september 11th. it's been reported by the media. it's been in newspapers for a decade. and so, in fact, i was watching realtime with bill maher and he read a story from usa today that was back from 2006. and it sounded...
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last month he introduced legislation to repeal the patriot act the legal basis for some of the nsa's intelligence programs. >> it's not simply unconstitutional. it changes the relationship between a citizen and the citizen's government. if the government regards people as suspect first and citizens second that changes the structure of our nature and reason for being. >> new jersey senate candidate democratic congressman holt joins me now. >> good to be with you. >> let's start with the issue itself. we heard last night president obama defend the program. he said he is skeptical of it too, but when you see the program, he swears that privacy isn't being violated. is that enough for you? >> it's not enough. really since 2005 when i was on the intelligence committee, i've been warning quite vocally about the damage that is being done not only in the authorized activities under the bills, but the way they are being used outside the authorization. the bills have -- the laws have given the nsa kind of encouragement to go way beyond where they should go and this vacuum cleaner wholesale col
last month he introduced legislation to repeal the patriot act the legal basis for some of the nsa's intelligence programs. >> it's not simply unconstitutional. it changes the relationship between a citizen and the citizen's government. if the government regards people as suspect first and citizens second that changes the structure of our nature and reason for being. >> new jersey senate candidate democratic congressman holt joins me now. >> good to be with you. >> let's...
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the nsa says when mistakes are made, the agency reports the issue internally and to federal overseers and aggressively gets to the bottom of it. but the new report raises concerns about that balance of power. the "washington post" reported the chair of the senate intelligence committee diane feinstein wasn't even aware of the audit until it was reported in the paper. feinstein disputes that, but in a statement admitted that the committee can and should do more to independently verify that nsa's operations are inappropriate and that its awareness of incidents are accurate. and the top judge on the secretive court that approves surveillance programs says judges aren't able to independently verify whether the government violates the law, saying they are, quote, forced to rely upon the accuracy of the information that is provided to the court. critics have been demanding more oversight. >> why is the government spying on its own people? >> reporter: and even prominent democrats are troubled. nancy pelosi called the new report extremely disturbing. congressman jim lanchovan deeply concerne
the nsa says when mistakes are made, the agency reports the issue internally and to federal overseers and aggressively gets to the bottom of it. but the new report raises concerns about that balance of power. the "washington post" reported the chair of the senate intelligence committee diane feinstein wasn't even aware of the audit until it was reported in the paper. feinstein disputes that, but in a statement admitted that the committee can and should do more to independently verify...
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the nsa obtained thousands of american e-mails that had nothing to do with terrorism. >>> good morning, everyone. welcome to "early start." i'm pamela brown filling in for zoraida.
the nsa obtained thousands of american e-mails that had nothing to do with terrorism. >>> good morning, everyone. welcome to "early start." i'm pamela brown filling in for zoraida.
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i have my feelings about transparency and all that's going on in the nsa. let's put that aside and look at russia/american relations. this is very damaging. i have a hard time believing obama will not go to st. petersburg and meet with the g-20 and maybe even putin in the fall. this is really damaging. we have a lot of business with the russians, but the origins of this are obvious. this goes back to the cold war. it goes back to russian sense of humiliation in the wake of the collapse of the soviet union and russia is now led by, let's face it, somebody who deeply regretted the collapse of the soviet union, deeply hated what happened in the '90s and hates seeing russia morally criticized when pussy riot is put in jail, when -- >> a main activist who was just found guilty. >> the snowden situation allows him to say, look how they treat their people. we're not going to receive any moral lectures from the west. look at them. look how they behave. >> what i find fascinating and we just had john schindler who did counterintelligence and other things at nsa. i'v
i have my feelings about transparency and all that's going on in the nsa. let's put that aside and look at russia/american relations. this is very damaging. i have a hard time believing obama will not go to st. petersburg and meet with the g-20 and maybe even putin in the fall. this is really damaging. we have a lot of business with the russians, but the origins of this are obvious. this goes back to the cold war. it goes back to russian sense of humiliation in the wake of the collapse of the...
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times" say those officials want to help the nsa. since when have they started disclosi disclosing intercepts. >> first of all, i like him very much. he is a great reporter. i these were not authorized disclosures. they were following the report that reported the intercept. when you are dealing with intelligence bureaucracies there are these leaks and the press you know we all sort of cover things. and this, i think, our story was really prompted more by the initial disclosure and trying to get more resolution ont that. i would also add another important point here. the nsa programs that have become so controversial have nothing to do with any kind of intercepts and capabilities that would be in this particular case. i think they are two very distinct things. it is a testament i think to the capabilities of the u.s. intelligence community but i don't think this is any bearing on the particular controversial programs. >> thank you very much. pretty incredible reporting there. and obviously eli lake has been proven right many, many tim
times" say those officials want to help the nsa. since when have they started disclosi disclosing intercepts. >> first of all, i like him very much. he is a great reporter. i these were not authorized disclosures. they were following the report that reported the intercept. when you are dealing with intelligence bureaucracies there are these leaks and the press you know we all sort of cover things. and this, i think, our story was really prompted more by the initial disclosure and...
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you brought up that "new york times" sotory yesterday on nsa. this has done more damage to the president and his brand with supporters of his, it's the issue of surveillance and surveillance state, the struggles that he's had to deal with looking at an impact with china and all that. more than any of the other stories, this has been the one that is the most politically damaging. it's one the white house folks will tell you off the record they believe this has been the stuff that is hit them hardest that hurt them more than some of the other things that have popped up there over the last couple of months let alone discussed with washington and things like that. but that because it hit its core and hit the core particularly with younger demographic which has been be a important part of this base. so that's going to be something to hear the president address and deal with issues of the surveillance state. where it is. where are we in transparency. putin will be there. obviously that's going to be big. hearing him on egypt. a lot of national securit
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maybe we do have to be -- allow nsa to have greater control over these things. this is the sort of situation that really brings that back. last week or so the congress was in session. you had a number of members that were coming out and saying look, i feel that we gave the administration a blank check to do all this sort of stuff and i don't think that it was maybe appropriate. maybe we should try to dial it back. maybe we should have some laws, change the laws. then this happens and all these members come out and say, no, no, no, we're terrified. >> these laws? the u.s. constitution. it is not like a light thing. i mean if my neighbor wants to come in my house and i say, sure, you can go borrow a dish and they go rummaging through my drawers, that's kind of what the u.s. government is doing right now on u.s. nationals. i think to the point that there is still the ability to obviously have terror attacks, the question is how do we respond to them in a way that preserves or democracy. >> how much does something like this derail the conversation around national se
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that includes syria, iran, missile defense and of course the fate of nsa leaker snowden. you can expect questions on the status of the terror threat warnings, the status of al qaeda. how strong are they? the state department today has ordered all nonessential staff to evacuate another consulate. this one in lahore, pakistan. the move after the u.s. closed 19 diplomatic missions in response to an ongoing terror threat. the obama administration has struggled with the aftershocks of the arab spring that the president heralded two years ago. >> we see many reasons to be hopeful. in egypt, we see it in the emplemplt efforts of young people who led protests. while chanting, peaceful, peaceful. in benghazi, a city threatened with destruction, we see it in the courthouse square, where people gathered to celebrate the freedom, they had never known. >> two years later, in egypt, diplomatic attempt, to broker a deal between islamists and the military has failed. warning now ingredients are there for a violent insurgency that could last years. kind of like syria. in fact, in syria, p
that includes syria, iran, missile defense and of course the fate of nsa leaker snowden. you can expect questions on the status of the terror threat warnings, the status of al qaeda. how strong are they? the state department today has ordered all nonessential staff to evacuate another consulate. this one in lahore, pakistan. the move after the u.s. closed 19 diplomatic missions in response to an ongoing terror threat. the obama administration has struggled with the aftershocks of the arab...
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this is a debate we need to have, whether nsa or obama care, do we have the courage of convictions. is this a law we think it's going to hurt our country? >> you'll be hearing a lot more about heritage in the last month or so. this august while lawmakers are on vacation demint will be personally appearing at nine town halls. the focus, the president's health care law. the same issue in 2009 that led to the beginning of the tea party. joining me now, former south carolina governor jim demint, chairman of the heritage foundation center. >> great to be with you. >> do you want to be called senator anymore? >> jim is fine. >> lets start with, i want you to respond to some of this criticism you've received or heritage received from fellow republicans mick mulvaney. >> he's a great guy. i was getting criticism in the senate when we decided we couldn't change the country unless we changed the people in the senate. i got very involved trying to elect some common sense conservatives like pat toomey, marco rubio, rand paul. we've got a great new group in. there's a lot of work left to be done
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claims and what we heard from the nsa just seven days later? >> he has been parcing his words very, very carefully. up to what we could politely call being disingenuous. he said congress is fully briefed on this kind of thing and members of congress have said constantly that when they do go to an intelligence briefing they get really real distortions. all kinds of platitudes without any specifics. what we have is a situation where the nsa has been caught once again and it really gets us to the fundamental issue, which is you have to always word with the authorities that if they have power there is a potential that they're going to abuse it. >> you know, a very interesting point earlier in the broadcast, we were talking about stop and frisk and he talked about the fourth amendment in general. since becoming one of the forgotten amendments over the past year and a half do we agree with that assessment? is that something that has received bipartisan support that the fourth amendment is under fire more than especially the second amendment which som
claims and what we heard from the nsa just seven days later? >> he has been parcing his words very, very carefully. up to what we could politely call being disingenuous. he said congress is fully briefed on this kind of thing and members of congress have said constantly that when they do go to an intelligence briefing they get really real distortions. all kinds of platitudes without any specifics. what we have is a situation where the nsa has been caught once again and it really gets us...
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we have people who don't trust the government on nsa spying. we have people that don't trust the government with the irs declining conservative organizations. we have benghazi, which we don't hear enough about. and now we're going to have the irs implement obama care. it's not defunding obama care. obama care hasn't been funded. so the real question is will we vote to fund obama care or not, not defund. and it's certainly not the republicans who would shut the government down. it would be president clinton -- president obama. of course i don't think it would get to his desk. but by virtue of him not signing or vetoing the budget. that would shut the government down. >> let me show you something, congressman pittenger took a defiant approach to attendees who asked to vote to defund obama care even though he tried to explain why it would be pointless. and the crowd did not like what they heard. >> we lose over there, then they come back to us in the house. you win this battle by going after -- we look at your -- we look at how we can win. do you
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. >> safe to say that we learned about these threats through the nsa program? >> we have some mechanisms where we can track a phone number or an e-mail address that we know is connected to some sort of terrorist threat. and, you know, that information is useful. but, what i've said before, i want to make sure i repeat. and that is, we should be skeptical about the potential encroachments on privacy. none of the revelations show that government has abused these powers, but they're pretty significant powers. and i've been talking to congress and civil libertarians and others about are there additional ways that we can make sure that the people know. no one is listening to your phone call. >> were you surprised that russia granted snowden asylum? >> i was disappointed. because, you know, even though we don't have an extradition treaty with them, traditionally we have tried to respect if there's a law breaker or an alleged law braeaker in their country. we evaluate it and we try to work with them. they didn't do that with us and in some ways it's reflective of some
. >> safe to say that we learned about these threats through the nsa program? >> we have some mechanisms where we can track a phone number or an e-mail address that we know is connected to some sort of terrorist threat. and, you know, that information is useful. but, what i've said before, i want to make sure i repeat. and that is, we should be skeptical about the potential encroachments on privacy. none of the revelations show that government has abused these powers, but they're...
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an affidavit because we don't want people to overstep boundaries especially when we think about the nsa and we think about how much our information is shared. there's this fine line between privacy and protection, but more crimes are happening online and it's, you know, this is a digital landscape now. >> casey, laurie, thank you very much. we appreciate it. >> thanks. >>> dr. sanjay gupta talks weed right now. >>> hello and welcome. ipads and tablet computers they are so ubiquitous nowadays and you might have noticed that children even babies are immediately drawn to that screen. but how young is too young? and is in any of it good for them? i'll show you what i learned. >>> also the most important thing that people tend to overlook when they're trying to get healthy and lose weight. >>> but, first, my investigation on weed. ♪ people a
an affidavit because we don't want people to overstep boundaries especially when we think about the nsa and we think about how much our information is shared. there's this fine line between privacy and protection, but more crimes are happening online and it's, you know, this is a digital landscape now. >> casey, laurie, thank you very much. we appreciate it. >> thanks. >>> dr. sanjay gupta talks weed right now. >>> hello and welcome. ipads and tablet computers they...
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>> i don't know that he brought everything with him from the nsa. i would lose all respect for the chinese ministry of state security and for russia's fsb if they have not already taken control of the information that he brought with them to those two locations. >> so if he had a laptop or two or three laptops or a cell phone or smartphone or ipad, everything on those devices have already -- you assume the russians and the chinese? >> and that's the operative word. i would make the assumption those two services are dedicated and talented enough that they would put their mind to this purpose and they would harvest what it was he brought with him. >> so the u.s. government has to assume the same thing. they just assume all that information is lost. >> i'm afraid we have to assume that these adversaries -- not enemies, that these adversaries can look deeply into the secrets -- >> and they can take this information from the laptop without snowden even knowing. >> it probably would take longer? >> how long would it take? >> it depends on how much energy
>> i don't know that he brought everything with him from the nsa. i would lose all respect for the chinese ministry of state security and for russia's fsb if they have not already taken control of the information that he brought with them to those two locations. >> so if he had a laptop or two or three laptops or a cell phone or smartphone or ipad, everything on those devices have already -- you assume the russians and the chinese? >> and that's the operative word. i would...
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while nsa leaker edward snowden's father appeared on a sunday morning talk show taking aim at the president and a republican congressman who has labeled his son a traitor. >> my son has spoken the truth. he has sacrificed more than either the president of the united states or peter king have ever in their political careers or their american lives. >> reporter: lon snowden was reacting to the president aes prevacation news conference where he dismissed the notion that the younger snowden's actions served a greater good. >> i don't think mr. snowden was a patriot. the fact is that mr. snowden has been charged with three felonies. >> reporter: now snowden's father says he and his attorney will be traveling to russia very soon to help his son fight those charges. >> we have thee vas. we have a date which we won't disclose right now. >> but it's imminent? >> reporter: it's that frenzy and outspoken criticism by u.s. officials that lon snowden claims will make it difficult for his son to get a fair hearing if he returns to the u.s. >> i want my son to come home if i believe the justice system we
while nsa leaker edward snowden's father appeared on a sunday morning talk show taking aim at the president and a republican congressman who has labeled his son a traitor. >> my son has spoken the truth. he has sacrificed more than either the president of the united states or peter king have ever in their political careers or their american lives. >> reporter: lon snowden was reacting to the president aes prevacation news conference where he dismissed the notion that the younger...
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it says the nsa is tracking all messages into and out of the united states. we're going to break that down with our legal panel, next. the great outdoors... ...and a great deal. thanks to dad. nope eeeeh... oh, guys let's leave the deals to hotels.com. ooh that one! nice. got it! oh my gosh this is so cool... awesome! perfect! yep, and no angry bears. the perfect place is on sale now. up to 40% off. only at hotels.com >>> if you text or e-mail someone overseas, there is a good chance the government is combing through what you've written. today's "new york times" first reported today that the government spying is possibly more pervasive than we actually thought. the "times" says nsa computers are searching texts and e mai-m going in and out of the country. looking for certain words, information on suspected terrorists. the government's already acknowledged it monitors suspect communications, but according to "the new york times," most every text or e-mail that crosses the u.s. border is searched for key words. that said, joining me now from new york, cnn legal
it says the nsa is tracking all messages into and out of the united states. we're going to break that down with our legal panel, next. the great outdoors... ...and a great deal. thanks to dad. nope eeeeh... oh, guys let's leave the deals to hotels.com. ooh that one! nice. got it! oh my gosh this is so cool... awesome! perfect! yep, and no angry bears. the perfect place is on sale now. up to 40% off. only at hotels.com >>> if you text or e-mail someone overseas, there is a good chance...
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all of these developments is the fate of this young man, edward snowden, leaker of details of secret nsa surveillance programs stuck in limbo at the moscow airport for more than a month, before he was granted temporary asylum in russia. between us and russia, things are not awesome right now. things have not been awesome for i don't know -- things have not been awesome since 1947 basically. but they're bad enough now on trivial levels and on deeply serious levels, that the white house today essentially said, let's call the whole thing off. the white house today announcing that president obama has cancelled a scheduled one on one meeting between him and vladimir putin next month, during the g-20 summit in russia. given our lack of progress on issues, such as missile defense, arms control. global security issues and human rights and civil society in the last 12 months. we have informed the russian government we believe it would be more constructive to postpone the summit until we have more results from our shared agenda. russia's disappointing decision was also a factor that we considered
all of these developments is the fate of this young man, edward snowden, leaker of details of secret nsa surveillance programs stuck in limbo at the moscow airport for more than a month, before he was granted temporary asylum in russia. between us and russia, things are not awesome right now. things have not been awesome for i don't know -- things have not been awesome since 1947 basically. but they're bad enough now on trivial levels and on deeply serious levels, that the white house today...